Antonyms for bandit


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ban-dit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæn dɪt


Definition of bandit

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Italian bandito (plural banditi) "outlaw," past participle of bandire "proscribe, banish," from Vulgar Latin *bannire "to proclaim, proscribe," from Proto-Germanic *bann (see ban (v.)). *Bannire (or its Frankish cognate *bannjan) in Old French became banir-, which, with lengthened stem, became English banish.
  • noun thief
Example sentences :
  • It was part of my plan, this meager manning of the bandit ship.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • They were willing to tell the location of the bandit stronghold.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • Juve now knew the answer to the riddle of the bandit's disappearance.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • How could you imagine the infernal trick this bandit was playing on you?
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • Sophie would report to the bandit—but she had not heard everything!
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • If she did not open the door, the bandit would go on knocking, and raise a scandal.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • It is then a bandit he is called in the words of the American newspaper?
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • It is, you say, not victorious for Ramon Rotil, that––bandit?
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • The patrons lined up, keeping their faces toward the bandit.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • The bandit had traveled fast and he had kept steadily to the eastward.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts

Synonyms for bandit

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